Irene Abrigo

Graduated at Liceo Classico "XXIV February" in Aosta, she had in 2015 the Degree in Art, Literature and Performance (DAMS) at the University of Turin with a thesis about Niccolò Paganini.

Winning the 2015 Respighi Prize, Abrigo made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2016 with the Chamber Orchestra of New York,[6] performing the NY première of the violin concerto by Dirk Brossé "Black, White and in Between".

She collaborates with important Swiss living composers such as Heinz Holliger, Richard Dubugnon, David Philip Hefti, Nadir Vassena.

Abrigo is the artistic director of POURQUOIPAS, a non-profit association organizing concerts, masterclasses and projects with social commitments, which she founded in 2015 with the Swiss violinist Madeleine-Murray-Robertson.

The campaign raised +200.000 Euro in three weeks, involving dozen of Classical Music Stars (Nicola Benedetti, Renaud Capucon, Vilde Frang, Steven Isserlis, Igudesman and Joo, Corina Belcea..) and many International Newspaper, Radio and Media (The Times, Radio France, Le Figaro, The Strad, The Violin Channel...).